The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 appeared first on Reason.com.

A noncredible chair would face resistance from inside the Fed, former Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida says.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence says presidents were never meant to levy tariffs on their own, insisting "it wasn't the founders' intention" for the White House to tax every trading partner, a fight now headed for the Supreme Court.

From today's decision in Walls v. Sanders, by Eighth Circuit Judge Steven Grasz, joined by Judges James Loken and Raymond… The post Legislature May Choose What Viewpoints May or May Not Be Taught in Public Schools appeared first on Reason.com.

In response to a Second Amendment lawsuit, the government says the restriction "serves legitimate objectives" and "only modestly burdens" the right to arms.

After the Supreme Court decided Trump v. CASA, the Wall Street Journal editorial page took a victory lap. The editors, who… The post Professor Barrett Was At Home In CASA appeared first on Reason.com.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls the decision "indefensible."

Public schools promise to prepare young people for the “real world,” but sometimes the rules inside those hallways look more like a dystopian plot twist than a civics lesson. From restricting self-expression to searching through lockers like they’re bank vaults, schools often push the line on what’s actually legal—or fair.

The disgraced British socialite was jailed for 20 years in 2022.

“An innocent woman is in jail,” Ghislaine Maxwell's brother said, asserting that she always “maintained” that there was no such a thing as a “client list.”